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Chevron New Energies, Crowley invest in marine hydrogen tech company Zero Emission Industries

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The round is led by Chevron New Energies with additional investment from US-based shipping and logistics company Crowley. The investments from Chevron and Crowley create an integrated value chain from hydrogen production to power systems to vessels. ZEI currently offers the ZEP 250, a modular 250 kW hydrogen fuel cell power unit.

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Cascadia Capital forecasts flurry of MA and commercialization in clean tech in 2011; US Congress to discard Cap and Trade

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energy sector will spur a flurry of M&A and investment activity in 2011 as renewable energy. renewable energies; however, it will not include economic incentives for achieving a reduction in carbon emissions. Although natural gas is not as clean as renewable sources, it will continue to. technologies mature. extraction.

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USCAR helps to develop charging-readiness tools for plug-in & electric vehicles through US DRIVE

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The Grid Interaction Tech Team helped to identify and address roadblocks that would prevent successful commercialization of all types of plug-in electric vehicles. USCAR is a partner in US DRIVE, which stands for United States Driving Research and Innovation for Vehicle efficiency and Energy sustainability.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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That incident—as well as Orajaka’s new fascination with renewable energy technologies, specifically solar—changed his career trajectory. Today GVE is one of Nigeria’s leading renewable energy companies. Perhaps I would have been an engineer working in either Chevron , Shell, or ExxonMobil today.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Chevron Natural Gas Carbon Capture Technology Testing Project. Chevron USA. Field testing will be conducted at a renewable power generation site in California to capture operational data on the novel process and material combination under real conditions. DOE Funding: $1,499,954; Non-DOE Funding: $375,000; Total: $1,874,954.

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Chevron invests in Prussian Blue battery tech company Natron Energy; stationary storage for EV charging stations

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Natron Energy , a developer of new battery cell technology based on Prussian Blue analogue electrodes and a sodium-ion electrolyte, has closed a strategic investment by Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) to support the development of stationary energy storage systems for demand charge management at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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None of the new electric cars are planning to use old-tech lead acid batteries. Chevron owns the NiMH patents and have not allowed EV size batts to be built. Galbraith joined The New York Times in June 2008 to write about renewable energy. Current batteries in new Toyota hybridsare ~$3000 if they need to be replaced.

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